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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

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Originally posted by MarcIsCringe MarcIsCringe wrote:

Jethro tull's album, aqualung is in my opinoin very religious, but also very critical of the church. For example, cross eyed mary is about an under age prostitute but is about forgiveness. My god is about having faith despite the church. Any thoughts?

It is a commentary on religion in the main, although as Anderson has pointed out ad infinitum, not a concept album about religion. The commentary therein is extremely disparaging.

It is certainly anti-religious, particularly anti-institutional religion, but it is not anti-god. In fact, Ian offers sympathy to god for the way hypocritical man has missed the point and co-opted the message. The dichotomy between man-made religion and god can be found in two adjoining stanzas of "My God"...

So lean upon Him gently
And don't call on Him to save
You from your social graces
And the sins you used to waive
The bloody Church of England
In chains of history
Requests your earthly presence
At the vicarage for tea

Absolutely right, Greg. It was organised religion I was referring to, and perhaps should have made that clearer.

No problem, Steve. I got you. I was more replying to the OP. Ian was certainly not being "religious" in his attack on the Church, and although he wasn't being anti-god, one should never mistake him as being a religious bloke. He always sounded Deistic in his interviews, good with the general concept of god but not with a specific one. Hence, the line from A Passion Play...

A delicate hush, The gods floating by
Wishing us well, Pie in the sky


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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by MarcIsCringe MarcIsCringe wrote:

Jethro tull's album, aqualung is in my opinoin very religious, but also very critical of the church. For example, cross eyed mary is about an under age prostitute but is about forgiveness. My god is about having faith despite the church. Any thoughts?

It is a commentary on religion in the main, although as Anderson has pointed out ad infinitum, not a concept album about religion. The commentary therein is extremely disparaging.

It is certainly anti-religious, particularly anti-institutional religion, but it is not anti-god. In fact, Ian offers sympathy to god for the way hypocritical man has missed the point and co-opted the message. The dichotomy between man-made religion and god can be found in two adjoining stanzas of "My God"...

So lean upon Him gently
And don't call on Him to save
You from your social graces
And the sins you used to waive
The bloody Church of England
In chains of history
Requests your earthly presence
At the vicarage for tea

Absolutely right, Greg. It was organised religion I was referring to, and perhaps should have made that clearer.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by MarcIsCringe MarcIsCringe wrote:

Jethro tull's album, aqualung is in my opinoin very religious, but also very critical of the church. For example, cross eyed mary is about an under age prostitute but is about forgiveness. My god is about having faith despite the church. Any thoughts?

It is a commentary on religion in the main, although as Anderson has pointed out ad infinitum, not a concept album about religion. The commentary therein is extremely disparaging.

It is certainly anti-religious, particularly anti-institutional religion, but it is not anti-god. In fact, Ian offers sympathy to god for the way hypocritical man has missed the point and co-opted the message. The dichotomy between man-made religion and god can be found in two adjoining stanzas of "My God"...

So lean upon Him gently
And don't call on Him to save
You from your social graces
And the sins you used to waive
The bloody Church of England
In chains of history
Requests your earthly presence
At the vicarage for tea
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Originally posted by MarcIsCringe MarcIsCringe wrote:

Jethro tull's album, aqualung is in my opinoin very religious, but also very critical of the church. For example, cross eyed mary is about an under age prostitute but is about forgiveness. My god is about having faith despite the church. Any thoughts?

It is a commentary on religion in the main, although as Anderson has pointed out ad infinitum, not a concept album about religion. The commentary therein is extremely disparaging.
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Jethro tull's album, aqualung is in my opinoin very religious, but also very critical of the church. For example, cross eyed mary is about an under age prostitute but is about forgiveness. My god is about having faith despite the church. Any thoughts?
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